ROCKFORD — Tamara was four months pregnant when back pain sent her rifling through storage boxes for an old bottle of prescription pain pills.

She took another pill when the pain flared again a week later. Bikram yoga san antonio Soon, she was taking pills not just when her back hurt, but when she thought it was about to hurt. Tamara was swallowing multiple pain pills at a time when she went into labor in early 2016.

Hours after her birth, Tamara’s newborn girl began to shake and tremble involuntarily: The infant was craving the pain pills her mother had taken during her pregnancy.

“That night, after she was born, she started vomiting,” Tamara said. Triyoga chelsea “The tremors came. Yoga poses for weight loss She wasn’t eating well. Yoga yoga westlake They did a urine test and found out that the opiates I had used had transferred to her.”

Tamara, which is not the woman’s real name, agreed to speak with the Register Star only on the condition of anonymity to protect her family’s privacy.

Her 6-pound, 14-ounce baby was born with what doctors call Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome — drug withdrawal marked by inconsolable crying, fever, vomiting and tiny, shivering bodies. Living yoga delft It’s a horrific side effect of widespread drug abuse in the Rock River Valley, across Illinois and throughout the United States.

More and more babies are being born with withdrawal symptoms, health officials say, because of the prescription and illicit opioid drug crisis.

The rate of babies born with symptoms of withdrawal across Illinois in 2011 was 1.5 for every 1,000 births — 270 newborns of 152,227 births. Baba ramdev yoga videos in english That rate nearly doubled to 2.8 for every 1,000 births last year, when 373 of 148,528 newborns in Illinois suffered withdrawal from drug exposure, according to data provided by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

The problem is much worse in Winnebago County, where 28 of the 3,437 babies born last year suffered from withdrawal. Bikrim yoga That’s 8.1 babies of every 1,000 born — nearly three times the state rate.

Tamara’s baby spent the first 3½ weeks of her life in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Mercyhealth Hospital — Rockton Avenue, formerly Rockford Memorial Hospital.

In about one-third of such cases, health care providers can avoid using morphine. Yoga pictures with one person But when morphine is needed, the goal is to use the smallest amount that works to provide symptom relief. Yoga pura Without morphine, a drug-exposed baby is at risk of seizures, dehydration, sleep deprivation, dangerous weight loss and nutrition deficiency, NICU nurse Sandy Damon said.

“We try to drop 10 percent every day or every other day,” Damon said. Yoga centre near me “So it’s very hard, and we have to watch them go through this. Yoga works playa vista Our hope is to get them through without a lot of suffering. Yoga retreat india january 2015 We want to use the lowest dose of medicine we can, but they will go through some withdrawal or they would never get off it.”

Doctors and nurses avoid describing drug-exposed babies born with withdrawal symptoms as “addicted,” saying that the term implies drug and risk behaviors that, of course, an infant does not have.

They gave Tamara’s baby a little less morphine each day for more than three weeks, easing the infant through the withdrawal until she no longer needed it, Tamara said.

Some experts say drug-exposed newborns can later struggle with learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder and other developmental problems.

“There have been no serious problems from the pain meds,” Tamara said. Charm city yoga “If I knew the side effects, and what taking them could cause my unborn child, I never would have taken them. Baba ramdev yoga videos for eyes I didn’t know that what I was taking was going to harm her the way it did.”

More people are dying in the U.S. Yoga asanas for concentration of drug overdoses (47,055) than from firearms (33,599) or traffic crashes (33,736), according to recently released 2014 data from the U.S. Yoga camp day 4 Centers for Disease Control.

Most of the overdose deaths resulted from heroin or a combination of heroin and cocaine. Hatha yoga poses And too often, it’s newborn babies who are suffering the consequences of widespread drug abuse and misuse.

From 2011 to 2014, just five babies were born with withdrawal symptoms at OSF Saint Anthony. Best yoga poses for fat loss In fiscal year 2015 alone, Saint Anthony delivered six such infants.

There were three in fiscal year 2016 at Saint Anthony. Yoga beginner youtube Care for those babies on average costs the hospital $10,336 each, not including physicians’ fees. Yoga blogs tumblr That’s about four times the average $2,518 it costs the hospital to care for a healthy baby. Tai chi chuan Medicaid only reimbursed the hospital at 9.3 percent of the actual cost of care.

Thirteen babies were treated for withdrawal in the SwedishAmerican Special Care Nursery in 2013. North shore yoga schedule That number grew to nearly two dozen last year, said SwedishAmerican Special Care Nursery Operational Supervisor Salena Kinser.

Nurses in the Special Care Nursery specialize in working with babies born prematurely or who need extra medical attention. Yoga loft boulder Babies born with opioid withdrawal are uncomfortable, feverish and often inconsolable.

“We hold them, rock them, put them in swings, play music for them,” Kinser said. Meditation music water “A lot of our addicted babies get held a lot. Yoga tattoo symbols and meanings We just pass them around to whichever nurse is free.”

“Especially the moms in the methadone programs; they are trying to do what is best for the baby,” Kinser said. The yoga room nantucket “It is an addiction and it’s something they are struggling with themselves. Fertility yoga atlanta We encourage them to come as often as they can.”

Tamara is no different from many of the young mothers and pregnant women seen in rehabilitation programs. Yoga free download dvd But providers say that unlike many others they see, Tamara never turned to heroin. Postures de yoga pour le dos After seeing what happened to her baby and entering a Rosecrance treatment program, Tamara said she learned that she could live with the back pain and was never tempted to look for black market pills or heroin.

Others get hooked on opioid pain medications. Open door yoga weymouth When the prescription runs out, they look for a way to buy the pills on the streets, Damon said.

“Heroin addiction is on the rise and a big reason is because of prescription drug overuse and misuse,” Damon said. Yoga stretches for lower back and hips “It is one of the biggest, strongest factors to becoming a heroin addict. Dahn yoga putney Sooner or later the prescription runs out and they have to find an alternative. Intermediate yoga poses chart Heroin is easier and less expensive than illicit prescriptions.”

Many of the young mothers and pregnant women treated for heroin addictions started with prescription pills, said Cheryl Piper, vice president of clinical services at Remedies Renewing Lives.

Remedies is the only local program that offers methadone treatments in combination with traditional 12-step programs, support groups and counseling.

Methadone doesn’t give a high like heroin, but it satisfies the craving for 24 hours. Anchorage yoga in the park That gives Remedies the chance to closely monitor patients, including mothers or pregnant women in treatment, Piper said.

Those in treatment must return to Remedies each day for a dose of methadone. Yoga district i street They are tested routinely to make sure they are abstaining from other drugs.

They participate in group support programs in which they are taught abstinence, coping and parenting skills. Charm city yoga columbia The Remedies staff stays in contact with their doctors.

Quitting an opioid cold turkey can sometimes pose a greater danger to the health of the fetus than continuing to take the drug, risking premature labor and stillbirth, nurses said.

Serving a 15-county area, the Mercyhealth Hospital — Rockton Avenue NICU cares for the most traumatic injuries and illnesses suffered by infants from across the region. Yoga stretches for beginners youtube It has seen a dramatic increase in the number of infants suffering from drug withdrawal.

In all, a dozen newborns were treated for withdrawal by doctors and nurses in the NICU in 2013. Benefits of bikram yoga vs regular yoga They treated 26 in 2015 and matched that total this year by Nov. My yoga works 15.

The babies are often more difficult to comfort than babies with even more serious illnesses and injuries. Asanas de yoga para embarazadas And they can spend 10 times more time in the hospital than healthy babies, Damon said.

Babies born naturally stay in the hospital about two days and babies born by Caesarean section stay about four days. Yoga exercises for pregnant women Babies suffering from withdrawal typically are in the NICU for three weeks before they can go home.

Although a pregnant woman’s treatment with methadone or Suboxone does not prevent a baby from being born with withdrawal symptoms, their use is often better for the child’s health than quitting a serious drug addiction cold turkey or continuing with illicit drug use.

“Those medicines do cause the same withdrawal symptoms, but the benefit is to the mother and the baby,” Damon said. Yoga relaxation meditation “Treatment is known medicine and at a known dose. Hot yoga studios edmonton Hopefully, the mother is having better nutrition, there is less risk of infection, prematurity and exposure to violence. Basic yoga poses for beginners chart Even though there are still withdrawal symptoms, it’s a better situation for the mother and the baby.”

Women often fear coming forward to find treatment for heroin or opioid addictions. Yoga en casa para principiantes They worry that the state will take away their babies, Damon said.

“One of the biggest issues is that some women don’t get into treatment,” Damon said. “They are afraid of being ‘caught.’ But being involved in treatment is the best way to stay connected with their baby.”

Caseworkers from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services put Tamara and her baby on a safety plan that temporarily placed the baby in the care of a family member after she was released from the hospital.

Under the safety plan, Tamara sought treatment in Rosecrance’s Project Substance Abuse Free Environment, or Project SAFE, program. Yoga sivananda paris Founded in the late 1980s in conjunction with Children and Family Services, SAFE is an outpatient drug treatment program in which women learn parenting skills as well as about drug addiction and how to prevent a relapse, about the dangers of co-dependency and how to prevent domestic violence.

Rosecrance programming is paid for through a variety of sources, including private insurance, client payments, government assistance programs and grants.

Keeping families together as much as possible is usually better for both the mother and the baby. Yoga perth ontario And enrollment in a treatment program is the best way to keep families together, said Mary Ann Kelly, senior addiction counselor at Rosecrance.

“I really would like pregnant females to know that we don’t have to wait for a child to be born drug-exposed, that help is available to them and there is help available that can decrease DCFS involvement,” Kelly said.

“I knew my child needed me as much as I needed her,” Tamara said. Yoga blogs nyc “It was hard because I knew she was in (the hospital) because of what I had done. Types of meditation But that’s a part of the treatment: You have to forgive yourself for your mistakes. Best yoga poses for relaxation That’s what I did. Bikram yoga vancouver island Thanks to this program, I learned how to do that.”